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Delaney Gallay was a heat exchanger and component manufacturer supplying equipment for Concorde, Jaguar and other major projects.

At this time, Peabody Holmes was a leading supplier of industrial fired equipment and flue gas desulphurisation plant as well as of rotary blowers, vacuum pumps and high vacuum boosters. It was acquired by Dresser Industries in 1990, Website: http://www.dresser.com.

Factory Mutual has become FMGlobal. Website: http://www.fmglobal.com.

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Bechtel Corporation's 40,000 employees are active in engineering, construction and project management. Website; http://www.bechtel.com.

Det Norske Veritas is an international consulting firm that provides services for managing risk. Website: http://www.dnv.com.

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WS Atkins provides professional, technologically-based consultancy and support services. Website: http://www.atkinsglobal.com.

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Variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (vCJD) is the human form of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).

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Eithne Donnellan, “Surgery Cancelled as Blood Donations Hit an All-time Low” The Irish Times, 10 June 2005.

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